Machine for applying flies to paper boxes.



VV. C. CARLSON.

MACHnvE FOR APPLY-ING FLIES To PAPER BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I. 1915.

4 SPEETS--SHEET I.

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W. CARLSDII.

MACHINE FOR APPLYHIIG was To PAPER BoxEs,

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I7. H916.

all?" I VV. C. CARLSON.

MACHINE FOR APFLYING FLES TO PAPER BOXES.

APPLICAHON FILED OCT. l, i915.

S11/mando:

VV.C.CARLSUI\1.

MACHINE FOR APPLYING FLIES To PAPER aoxls.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.17. 1916.

4 SHLEISY-SHEET 4.

entre TION F PENNSYLVANEA.

r i i lpeotieation. of :Letters Application tiled october 1?, iste. serial lt'o. lat-i309?.

boxes and isin the nature of an improvement upon mechanisms of the class typified by the patent to Philip S. Smith, No. 825,009, dated July 3, 1,906.

In the present instance it is my purpose to provide a machine wherein the iies or lace leaves are removed one at'a time from; a stack or package of the same and are automatically and adhesively applied in proper Aposition to the selected interior walls of the boxes.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character wherein the flies or leaves may be rapidly, accurately and economically applied to the boxes with a minimum expenditure of time and labor, and consequently with economy from the standpoint of cost.

Furthermore, I propose to provide a machine of this class wherein the constituent parts are so correlated and arranged that a powerful, durable, simple and compact mechanism is provided which will occupy but relatively little floor space in the 'Eactory when compared with similar machines with which l am acquainted; the construction ot the present mechanism aiiording` ready accessibility for the removal, repair and replacement of parts, should the necessit arise.

`ui 'thermorc, I provide a machine Where* in the various functions are performed in such efficient manner and the movements of the machine take place in such sequence that the liability of tearing the lace leaves or fiies, or injuring' the box during the application of the former is entirely avoided.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in View, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and fall'- ing within the scopeof the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of a, machine embodying my invention.

'33 is a, front view of the machine, certain parts being broken away to more clearly illustrate the construction and arrangement of certain of the mechanical elements.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. il is a transversevertical sectional view taken approximately centrally through the machine.

Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in section and partly in elevation and showing a Hy or leai2 ready to be moved into position on the anvil.

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the ily or leaiE positioned on the anvil ready for application to aninterior wall of a box.

Fig. 'i' is a. like view showingthe presser mechanism operatingon the box to cause the 'ily or leaf to adhere thereto.

Fig. 8 is perspective Wiewoie a. bon illustrating the ily or lace paper leal applied to one wall ther-coi'.

Before entering into a detailed description of my invention l' will briefly state that in the present instance l provide a machine having a sliding carriage on which is mounted a vertically reciprocating', laterally moving support upon, which the flies or lace paper leaves are stacked or piled. Located adjacent to the path of movement oin this support is 'a rocking stenoil which receives paste or other adhesive from sufable adhesive supplyinp,` device which latter is also mounted on the car` riage, and then suc-h stencil is4 moved into engagement with the uppermost ly or leaf ot' the stack to apply the adhesive to the top tace oi"I the latter along` one edge portion thereof, the subsequent movement et' the stencil. away troni the ily or leaiI lifting or scparai'zingr the adhesively coated ede'e portion thereof 'from the remainder oi the stack, as shown in, llig. 5, a suitable clamping member ineamvhiie acting to hold downor maintain the rcnmii'uler ot' the particular top lealir as well as the rest of the stack in proper position on the support. As the stencil is retracted irom the stack of flies or leaves, the carriage and consequently the support 'for the flies is shifted laterally toward a preferably stationary anvil, the latter beingw so shaped and inclined Athat the lifted or separated, adhesiif'ely-coated edge portion o' the top iiy or lealZ will ride up over the adjacent face oi2 the anvil and' rest tlieieagainst, as shown till lill@ g posed face of' the fly or leaf.

in Fig. 6. rlhe operator now places the box over the anvil with one of the inner Walls of the box in contact with the ad hesively coated portion of the top or ex Suitable presser mechanism now in turn is brought into operation, as shown in Fig. Y, to cause the Hy or leaf to firmly adhere to the wall of the box. The box is then removed and may be turned to have a second fly or leaf applied to the opposite wall thereof from that receiving the first fly or leaf, and the ,operation may be repeated on subsequent boxes, as will be evident.

At this point I wish to state that the Various parts of the machine are so timed in their operation as to perform the various functions above briefly stated, vin their proper sequence, and furthermore, as will hereinafter appear, the machine is so constructed that the various parts may be readily thrown out of operation at desired times.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the letter A indicates the frame of the machine in which is journaled the power Shaft 1 carrying the loose drive pulley 2 over which trains the belt 3 driven from a suitable motor. The pulley 2 is intended to be connected in driving engagement with the shaft 1 through the clutch 4 keyed to slide on the shaft 1 in a well known manner.- The yoke 5 of 'the clutch is connected at its lower end with a small rocking stud shaft 6 which passes through and finds a bearing in the adjacent portion of Jthe frame. To the outer end of the stud shaft 6 is attached an arm 7 connected through the adjustable link 8 with the arm 9 on the outer end of the rocking stud 10, the inner end of such stud 10 terminating inV a head 11 to which is pivotally connected, as at 12, the bell crank lever 13, the upper end of which carries the cam roller 14 for the purpose herein after described. The arm 15 of the bell crank is connected through the link 16 with the foot treadle 17. The power shaft 1 is provided with a worm pinion 18 meshinp; with the Worm gear '19 on the countershaft 2() which fornis the main operating,l shaft of the machine. The gear 19 has an eccentric camplate 21 bolted to one face thereof adjacent to the periphery of the gear and which plate coacts with the cam roller la of the bell crank 18 for the following purpose: When the operator .dcpresses the foot treadle 17 by bearing down on the foot platev17 thereof the bell crank. is rocked to move the cam roller 14 out ofthe path of the cani 21 traveling with the gear 19 and the clutch 4C will remain in driving connection with the pulley 2, to cause the con tinuous rotation of the power shaft 1, as the clutch spring 5 normally thrusts the clutch inl'o drivingf engagement with this cri-acting pulley. lllhcn. 'the operator, however, releases 'the foot pressure on the treadle 17 the bell crank lever 13 will be restored to its normal position with the cam roller 111 moved. into the path of the cam 21, and as the latter strikes against this roller 1e it will rock the bell crank and lever lll outward so as to turn the .stud 10,

thus s' erin if) outward or toward the front he i'i'iachine and through the link e, arm "Y, shaft 6 and clutch yoke 5, will disconnect. the clutch l from the pulley 2, 'thereby cutting olf the power from the shaft "lfhns, so long1 as the operator maintains foot pressure on the treadle 17 the machine will be continuously driven `while when such foot pressure is relieved the machir wl he disconnected and automatically stopped, so 'that danger to an un skilled' operator will be obviated by the fact that the machine is automatically thrown out of operation by the cam revolving` with the gear 19, when the operator removes the foot pressure on the treadle.

l will now describe the consrrnction and ojieration of the ,eiiiii-applying-stencil-device, by means of which glue, or other adhesive., is applied along` ene edge portion of the fly or leaf. llfounted on the top of the frame il., are supporting standards 22, each carrying,n at its upper end a tubular bearing 23, these bearings forming a support for the stencil operating rock shaft 2li. This rock 'shaft 2111 receives its motion through the arms 25, which are fastened to the ends of 'the shaft d are loosely connected as at 2e to the crank rods 27 which at their lower ends are connected through crank arms .28 to the counter--slia'lft 20, the connecting ends ofthe c-r nk arms 28 being seated in the sliding; sprin 1 cned beijing; blocks 29 of the eran "ed stood by reference to 1 and 2. iks will be apparent when vthe shaft 2G is rotated a reciprocatory moven'ient will be imparted to the crank rods to rock the shaft 24. pinned to this rock shaft 211; are 'the arms 30, 'the upper ends of which tcrniinate in inwardly extending heads 31 provided. with short stud-like ,irojecticl'le adapted 'to be received :in the open face notches 33 formed in the side bars Bi and adjacent the upper ends of the latter, the tern'iinals ofv 'these bars 311 being connected through the rod 35. The lower end portions of the side bars 341 are curved downward as at 311 and pivotally connected as at 3G te the intermediate bowed sections 37' of the arms 37, 'the latter in 'turn hein@- pivotally connected as at to the side plates 39 of the frame A of the machine. rElie upper ends of these arms 3i are connected by the handle bar l0 and between the pivot `points 38 and just bclow the handle bar et() these arms e? are pro- 2i', as will be readily under-4 Lacasse vided with inwardly extending studs 41 to which are loosely and swingingly connected the hanger 4Q carrying the glue-applying stencil 43, which may be of rubber or other suitable material, and is preferably held on the bar section 42 of the hanger by means of a clamping plate t4. lt willbe noted that when desired,` as when in testing the glue applying mechanism prior to actual commercial operation, the bar 35 may be grasped and lifted so that'the side bars 3a are disconnected from the fgrooved heads 3l of the arms 30, and consequently from the rock shaft and the operator may grasp the handle bar 40 andmanually raise and lower the stencil relative to the stack of flies or leaves.

The mechanism for supplying the glue to the stencil, which is indicated as an entirety by the letter l), includes a glue tank or receptacle 45 mounted on the sliding side bars 46 which forni a part of the sliding carriage (l, this carriage being adapted to be reciprocated back and forth on the frame A of the machine and carrying the glue supplying device. as well as the support for the flies or leaves. as will be hereinafter described. 1n order to reciprocate or slide the carriage C l providea cam wheela? mounted on and turning with the shaft 20 the eccentric groove i8 in this cam having rotating 'therein :a roller 49 at the lowei` end of the lever 50, the upper end of said lever being loosely supported on the rock shaft 51. This lever 50 is provided with a laterally extending arm 52 iiexibly connected through a link 53 with the lever 5a connected with and mounted upon vthe shaft 55, this shaft carrying at each end an arm 56 connected through a link 57 with the adjacent sliding bar 46 of the carriage. vThus, as the cam wheel 47 rotates with the shaft 2O and the lever 50 is swung or oscillated on the shaft 51, the carriage will be reciprocated back and forth through the lever and link connections just described.

As before stated this sliding carriage supports the Glue receptacle 45, and socketcd in the wallns of such receptacle at 58 are the stud shafts of the glue applying roller 59. which are adapted to be revolved in the bath of glue in the receptacle 4&5. Bearing against this glue applying roller 59 is a ductor roller 6G intended to cause the even and uniformi application of the glue to the roller 59, as will be readily understood. The ends of this ductor roller 60 are mounted in the bearings 61 at the upper ends of the arms 62, these arms being pivotally connected at their lower ends as at 63 to the adjacent sides of the tank orl receptacle 45. Adjusting screws 64 `are employed to bear against the arms 62 and thus hold the roller 60 adjustably in engagement with the roller 59. ln order to impart a partial revolution to the glue applying roller '59 with each forward movement of the sliding carriage, and thereby insure that the roller will at all times be freshly supplied with the glue, l provide a gear 65 which is loose upon one of the stud shafts 58 of the roller 59 'and this loose gear 65 has extending from the inner face thereof a pawl 66 which is held in engagementwith a ratchet 67 on the said shaft 58 by means of a small spring 68. The loose gear 65 meshes with a rack 69 bolted to the top of the frame A of the machine, and it will thus be seen that as the carriage moves forward this gear wheel 65 meshing with the rack 69 is correspondingly rotated and will through the pawl and ratchet connection partially rotate the glue applying roller 59, while upon the return or backward movement of the carriage the pawl will ride idly over its ratchet and no rotational movement will be imparted to the roller 59. Furthermore, on the shaft 58 of this roller 59 and adjacent the loose gear 65 is a gear wheel 70, which is fast with the shaft 58and meshes with a pinion 7l fast on the adjacent end of the ductor roller 60, so that when the glueapplying roller 59 is turned a rotational movement will likewise be imparted to the roller 60. 1f desired, a thumb wheel 7:2 may be employed for manually turning the roller 59 and the roller 60 when the machine is and it is the purpose tor freshly coat the roller y59 with the glue. It is to be understood, as will be seen by reference to Figs. l and 4f, that as the carriage with the glue tank moves forward the roller 59 lreceives a fresh supply of glue through the partial rotation just described and such roller is brought or moved beneath the descending stencil which comes into contact with the surface of the roller and receives a coating of the glue, while when the stencil is rocked forward and downward to apply the glue to the top leaf or fly of a stack of such leaves or dies, shown at F, the, glue tank and the carriage are moving rearward while when the glue stencil leaves the stack or pile of the leaves or flies after having applied the glue to the topniost one thereof the carriage starts its forward movement, of course carrying with it the glue tank and the support for the stack F, as I will now proceed to describe with special reference to such support.

Preferably formed integral with and depending from the forward ends of the sliding bars 46 of the carriageand forming part of such carriage, are the vertical bars 73 connected at their lower ends by the slotted cross bar 74. Adjacent their upper ends these vertical bars 73 are connected by a cross bar 75 having extending rearwardly therefrom a slotted platform or grid 76, which taken in conjunction with the bar 75 forms a support or rest for the stack of files or leaves l". The cross bar 75 is about to be started geared therewith. as

rabbeted at its front face as at 77 and has bolted to the front face a plate 78, the rabbet and plate forming a longitudinal slot into which may be dropped angle blocks 79, the top horizontal faces of these blocks forming a continuation of the support or table for the flies or leaves. and it is further to be understood that. a sufficient number of these angle blocks may be placed in position to accommodate leaves or flies of the desired length. Referring to Fig. a, it will be seen that formed integral with the bar 7 5 of the leaf support is a stud 80 from which depends a shank-rod 81, this rod 81 extending through a bore 82 in the bar 711 and below the latter the rod passes loosely through a sleeve 83. An expansion spring 84 normally tends to push forward on the stud 80 and consequently lift the leaf support. Pinned to the sleeve 83 is a yoke 85 having a proj ecting face 86 adapted to fit in the cut-away section 87 of the sleeve so that this projecting face of the yoke may friction ally engage with the rod 81 to pull the latter downward and toward the support for the leaves, as hereinafter described, a small amount of lost motion existing between the yoke and the sleeve by reason of the fact that such voke is pivoted as at 88 to a link 89, the lower end of said link being pivotally connected as at 90 to a lever 91 mounted to rock on-the shaft 92. This lever 91 is provided with a handle 93 by means of which it may be manually depressed by hand, or if desired, such lever may be depressed by means of the spring tension link rod 91 pivoted as at 95 to the foot treadle 96. However, when the machine is in operation,` the lever 91 is depressed or rocked downward to cause the projecting face 86 of the yoke 85 to engage with the rod 81 and pull downward on the latter, thus lowering the support carrying the leaves F, because the cam 97 on the shaft 20 in its revolution will contact with the roller 98 on the lever 91 and depress such lever. After the cam has passed the lever will be restored to its normal elevated position by means of the spring 9% surrounding .the link rod 94, this motion being assisted to some extend by the spring 84, surrounding the shank rod 81, and consequently the leaf support or table will be again elevated. For the purpose of maintaining the flies or leaves F properly and evenly stacked on their support or table I provide a series of front fingers 99 shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and which are adjustahly fastened at their lower ends bv thumb-bolts 100 passing through the slots of the bars 71, the upper free ends of these front fingers having turned-in or hooked ends 101, which overlie the adjacent front edge of the stack.' Likewise, a guide member 102 having a series of guide fingers is provided, the slotted horizontal foot block 103 of said member usliding ou the slotted horizontal eXtension 74 of the bar 74, a suitable adjusting screw 101 passing through the slots of the foot block and extension and is provided for properly adjusting this guide member 102 relative to the rear face of the stack F, the

`upper portions of the fingers of the guide members 102 of course projecting up through the slots in the grid 76, as will be understood by reference to Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive. A removable clamping plate 105 is placed to overlie the stack of leaves or flies as shown in Fig. 3, the upper terminals of the ngers of the guide member 102 projecting into the slots of the plate 105. The front longitudinal edge 106 ofthis plate is beveled to form a thin edge which constitutes a guide in the application of the glue to the top face of a fiy or leaf, this edge 106 limiting thefwidth of the strip of glue applied to the lea As the stencil rocks forward and downward and contacts with the uppermost leaf or fly, as shown in Fig. 4, it applies a strip 'of the glue to the front edge portion of the top face of the uppermost sheet, the sliding carriage being in retracted position. As the stencil starts on its retractive movement, after such operation, as shown in Fig. 5, it partially lift-s or separates the front portion of the top leaf from the remainder of the stack, the clamping plate 105 of course holding the remainder of this top leaf in contact with the rest of the stack. At this time the forward lateral movement of the stacksupport, occurring with the forward movement of the sliding carriage, as before described, now brings this separated longitudinal edge portion of the top leaf against a stationary anvil X as shown in Fig. 6.

This anvil X and its related parts, are preferably constructed as follows: The numeral 107 indicates a U-shaped holder bar mounted to rock outward and downward on end pivots 108, a screw rod 109 passing 3 longitudinally through the U-shaped holder, the ends of this screw rod projecting beyond the sides of the frame, and which frame sides are formed with open-mouth slots 110, to permit the outward and inward g movement of 'the rod with the ill-shaped holder when desired, suitable pivoted latch bars 111 having slots 112 for receiving the ends ofthe screw ro'd to lock the latter in position. When it is desired swing the U-shaped holder and rod outward, to expose the parts of the machine immediately in the rear thereof, ,it is only necessary to lift the latching bars 111 and grasp the milled heads 113 of the rod, when the holder may be swung as desired. Threaded on the rod and adjustable by means of the latter, are blocks 111 for clamping the anvil -sections 115 together to form the complete anvil. The complete anvil X is formed of a series of these anvil sections 115, and each section comprises a slotted shank 116 the open ended slot 117 of'which is adapted to receive the screw rod 109 when the anvil is dropped into the holder, a flange 118 on the front face of 'the anvil resting on the shoulder 119 of the front wall of the U-shaped anvil holder, while a rear shoulder 120 on the anvil rests upon the top edge of the rear Wall of the holder, as clearly shown in Figs. to 7 inclusive. rlhe head of the anvil is formed with a relatively wide inclined wal] 121 terminating at its upper end in a V.

shaped flange 122, the wall 123 of which extends at right angles to the wall 121, and it is against this wall 123 that the separated or free edge of the fly or leaf is adapted to rest. A suitable number of spare anvil sections may be supported on a bracket at the front of the machine, and when necessary the complete anvil may be made up of the desired number of sections 115, the width of the complete anvil of course depending entirely upon the width of the lace to be applied to the box, the anvil preferably being made wide enough to accommodate the lace throughout its entire length. After the lace has had the adhesive applied thereto and is moved against the anvil, as shown in Fig. G, the operator may take a box B and inverting the same, place one of the side walls of such box in contact with the adhesively coated edge of the fly or leaf, as shown in Fig. 7, the glue-applying stencil of course having at this time started on its rearward or retracted movement.

The presser device for firmly pressing the wall of the boX against the adhesively coated edge of the fly or leaf, with the anvil as an opposing support, to properly fasten the fly or leaf within the support is now brought into operation.

The presser device embodies, in the forni shown herein, a stepped bar 124 in the forward end of which is seated an angular rubber strip 125 which of course is adapted to Contact with the outer face of the side of the box l, this rubber strip being held in place by the plate 126. rThe ends of the bar 124 terminate at, and are preferably connected integral with the depending rock arms 127, which are mounted to rockon studs 123 at opposite sides of the frame of the machine.. the lower ends of these rocker arms being pivotally connected at 129 to links 130. which links are in turn loosely connected as at 131 to arms 132 carried at the ends of the rockshaft 5l. This rock shaft 51 is actuated to swing the presser device b v means of a lever arm 133 fastened to the shaft 51 by means of a set screw 134. The outer end of the lever arm is connected as at 134 to the shank end of a link bar 135, the lower end of this link bar being bifurcated to provide the spaced arms 136. These arms 136 carry Sasse the sleeves 137 'through which loosely pass the Shanks 133 of the spaced members 139, the latter being pivotally connected at their lower ends, as at 140, to the forked rocker arm 141 mounted to rock on the shaft 92, the free or forked ends of this rocker arm 141 carrying the cam rollerA 142 against which is adapted to bear the cam 143 fast on the shaft 20, this cam in its travel passing through the forked sections of the rocker` arm 141 and the link bar 135.- l'he coil springs 133 which surround the Shanks 133 above the sleeves 137, are confined by suitable nuts 137 and normally tend to pull up on these Shanks and thus hold the cam wheel 142 against 'this actuating cam 143, 0f course as the toe 143 of the cam bears against the cam. roller 142, it depresses the rock lever 141, pulling down on the link bar l 135, thus pulling` the lever arm 133 down- Ward, rocking the shaft 51 to draw the arms 132 toward the rear of the machine, thus pulling on the link 130 and rocking the presser bar with its rubber strip downward into contact with the box to press the latter firmly against the upturned end of the leaf or fly lying on the end and thus causing such leaf or fly to adhere to the interior wall of the box. When, however, the toe 143 of the cam has passed its cam roller 142 and such roller is bearing against the heelv portion of the cam the reverse movement takes place, that is to say, the rocker arm 141 carrying the cam roller is drawn upward, by the springs 133, keeping the roller in contact with the cam, assisted by the action of the large contractile spring 144, one end of v which is connected to the bracket 145 carried by the link bar 135, the other end of` which is connected to the ear of the collar 146 on the shaft 55. @f course this movement will draw the presser to its retracted position. or away from the box, Jthis occurring at the time the glue applying stencil is again moving into glue applying position. ln other words, it will be understood by reference to Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the leaf support with the stack of leaves receives the glue from the stencil while the presser is retracted, such support at this time being in elevated position, and at the limit of its ment away from the anvil .X because the carriage at the time of the application of the glue is in its l'retracted position. l-lowever, as the stencil moves away from the leaf support, after having applied the glue to the top leaf, the presser is simultaneously moved forward to accomplish its pressing operation, the support carrying` the stack of leaves being simultaneously moved forward toward the anvil to cause the elevated end of the uppermost leaf to lie on the anvil, this being due to the forward movement of the carriage at this time. `When, however, the presser is performing this pressing oplateral moveflies, and means for eration, the table supporting the leaves is lowered and moved into its position away from the anvil ready to be elevatedthe instant 'the pressing operation is accomplished. lt will, therefore, be understood that the machine operates very rapidly and in sequence. The distance the carriage travels back and forth isvery slight, and consequently but a small lateral movement is iniparted to the support ior the stack of leaves, this enabling; the sequential operation of the glue-applying stencil, the presser and the elevating and lateral shitting oi the leaii support to be accomplished as described..

While l have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, l Wish it to be understood that l. do not conline myself to all the precise details oi? construction herein setforth by Way oi illustration as modiiication and variation may be made Without departing from the spirit or the invention or exceeding,v the scope of the appended claims.

" `What l claim is:

l. A machine of the class described embodying in its construction a box-support ing anvil and a support for a stach of flies independent oic the anvil and movable toward and from the latter to bring1 a portion of one of the flies of the stack into posi tion to overlie an adjacent Wall of the anvil.

i2. il machine of the character described embodying in its construction a box-supporting anvil, a support for a stack oi moving the support laterally toward the anvil to bring an edge portion oi' the uppermost ily ci the stach into position to overlie the anvil.

3. ln amachine of the class described, an anvil, a support for a staclr of flies, means for applying an adhesive to a fly on the support, means ior moving the support bodily toward the anvil to bring the ily into a position to overlie one Wall o'l the anvil, and a presser device movable toward and from the anvil and adapted to press against a wall of a box on the anvil to cause the ily to adhere to the bon.

il. ln a machine of the class described, an anvil, a vertically-reciprocating laterallymovable support ior a stack ot tlies, means for applying an adhesive to the uppermost ily of the stack on the support and means 'for imparting leaf to overlie the anvil.

5. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a box-supporting anvil, of a laterally moving support 'for a stack 60 ci iiies, means for applying an adhesive to the uppermost fly of the stack, means for shifting the support to cause said upper most fly to over-lie a wall oi the anvil, and a presser device adapted to press said oven the lateral movement to the sup. port to cause the adhesive lying fly against a vvall oli a bon on the anvil.

6. ln a machine oit the class described, a bonsupporting anvil. a support 'tor a stack oi leaves located adjacent the anvil, a rocking adhesive-applying devise adapted to apply an adhesive to a ily carried by the support, means :tor moving the support relative to the anvil to cause said adhesive dy to overlie a portion oit said anvil, and a mov* able presser device adapted to contact with the bon on the anvil to cause said tly to adhere to a wall oi' the bon.

Y. ln a machine oit the class described, the combination with a bolosupporting anvil, ot' :i siiiiaport ,tor a stack. olf iiies located adjacent the anvil and a reciting adhesive-applying device adapted to be rocked into engagement with the uppermost dy of the stack to apply an adhesive along one edge portion oi? said ily, said adhesive in its movement away :troni the fly partially separating the ily 'trom the remainder ot the stack, and means ier bodily moving said ily support relative to the anvil to cause the separated portion oli the 'dy to overlie a Wall ci the anvil.

8. ln a machine ci the class described, the combination with a box-supporting anvil, of a support or a stach oiE `flies movable toward and from the anvil, a rockin@ ad hesive applying device adapted to app y an adhesive to the uppermost ity of the stach on the support, means `lier moving the sup port toward the anvil to bringl the adhesively coated portion of the uppermost lily into position to overliie a vvall oi" tlie anvil, and a presser device movable toward and from the anvil and adapted to contact with the box on the anvil to cause said ily to adhere to he wall et 'the box.

9. lin a machine of the class described, the combination with a boit-supporting anvil, olf a reciprocatiupcarriage, a support 'for a stack cil llies mounted on the carriage and movable toward and from. the anvil with a reciprocation oi' the carriage, means for imparting a vertically reciprocating move nient to the support, adevice for applyingn an 'adhesive to a iiy carried by the support, and a presser device adapted to operate to cause the adhesively coated lily to adhere to a bei; nip'ported on'the anvil.

l0. ln a machine of the class described, the combination `with a bon-supporting anvil, ci a traveling carriage', a support 'for a stack of flies movable with the carriage toward and from theenvil, a device for applyingg an adhesive to the flics on the support and adhesive supplying 'means mounted on 'the carriage and adapted to supply the adhesive to the adliesive-applying device.

il. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a bon-supportingn an- Sil lill@ Mld i adapted vil, of a traveling carriage, a support for the ilies carried by the carriage anal movableV therewith toward and :from the anvil, a rocking adhesive-applying device movable toward and from the Hy support and; to apply an adhesive to one edge portion of the uppermost y of the staclz, and means for supplying the adhesive to the adhesive-supplying device.

12. ln a machine of the class describes. the combination with a box-supporting vil, of a sliding carria `e movable tovvarcl. and from the anvil, a y-support movable with the carriage, adhesive-supplying,` means mounted on the carriage, a rocking-aclhesiveapplyingmember adapted to receive a supply of the adhesive from the supplying means and to be rocked into Contact with a Hyon the support to apply the adhesive thereto, and a presser device adapted to press the adhesive y against a Wall of the box carried by the anvil when such support has been moved by the sliding carriage to bring a portion of the fly to a position to overlieI the anvil..

13. in a machine of the class olescribetl, a box-supporting anvil, a support for a stach of ies, a rocking glue-applying stencil for applying glue to the uppermost lily olf the stack anol means for moving the support bring said uppermost iiy into a position to overlie one Wall of the anvil.,

lll. "n a machine of the class lescribeciy a stationary box-supporting anvil, a support for a stack of flies movable toward and from the stationary anvil, a rocking; glueap-l plyingI stencil for applying glue to tbe lflies on the support and a rocking presser clevice.

l5. En a machine of the class clescriocrl, the combination With a box-supporting anvil, oit a sliding carriage, a glue tank mounted on the carriage, a glueeupplying inember Working in the tank, a support for stack oit the flies carried by the carriage anni movable toward and from the anvil with the carriage, -a rocking glue-applying stencil adapted to be supplied with glue from the roller and adapted to apply the glue to the flies on the stack, and a presser device mov-- able toward and from the anvil to press the flies against the boxes to cause the flies 'to adhere to the Walls of the boxes.

16. 'ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a box-supporting" an vil, of a yielding support for a stack oi' 'flics located adjacent the anvil, means for bodily moving tbe support to and from the anvil7 and a rocking glue applying stencil for applying glue to one edge portion of the upperd most ily of the stack, said stencil in its movement away from the stack partially lifting; tbe ,glued ily, nail i'iy being; brought into position to overlie a wall of the anvil on the subsequent movement of the support toward the anvil, ancl a presser device movable towarcl ancl from the anvil anni into Contact with the bon on the anvil to cause the glued liy to adhere to e Wall ol the bon..

l?. machine oi' the class described emstruction a holster member, member eitenol d section including a -e holder, saicl shank l-e holder in a boi;-

support ig; section., and means for holding;

the anvil boitier.

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boclying in its con.

,..L .I2 J3 staclr oi illes,

movement in the ass described ena- Jt support for suoli support comprising a yielding le-like member upon which the flies rest, cla "l Les opposite side edges 'it the or holding the stach. oi

n the table. a boinsupportflies in n .and aclapte; to supply glue to the stencil.

20. ln e maclfiine of the class describe, an anvil, a si cated adjacent overlying" the appli/inn stencil, ino

anvil, a clamV ng plate support, ,glue toward anni 'rein the tlv support and alaptecl to apply ,eine to the edge portion o'lf the 'upi'icrmost ny on the support which projects beyond the clamping plate enicl stencil in its movement away from the ily being' aclaptecl to separate the glued portion of the from the remainder ot the staclar means for moving the support to bring' le glued portion ot the fly into a position to overlie one vvall of the anvil, and :i preeser ile-vice moving into operative position to cause the fly to adhere to a boi; suppf'frtcfi on the anvil when the stencil has nioverl away 'from the ily.

ln testimony ivln-zreoi a n.1 my signature in the presence oit two Witnesses lll/VJUFER C. laiUlvl.

lWitnesses einen Mani ort for a stach: of flies lol. ll 

